Controversial blockbuster Sound of Freedom heads to Australian cinemas

Controversial blockbuster Sound of Freedom heads to Australian cinemas

The thriller,a surprise hit that has taken more than $US130 million in the US,will open next month.

  • byGarry Maddox

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The QAnon-adjacent film that’s become a massive box office hit

The QAnon-adjacent film that’s become a massive box office hit

Sound of Freedom,which has been championed by the likes of Steve Bannon and My Pillow founder Mike Lindell,will crack the $US100 million mark soon.

  • byGarry Maddox
Fox News sued by Trump supporter who Tucker Carlson accused of inciting January 6 riot

Fox News sued by Trump supporter who Tucker Carlson accused of inciting January 6 riot

Tucker Carlson told viewers that Ray Epps was “the central figure” in the riot and “helped stage-manage the insurrection,” the suit says.

  • byErik Larson
Council taken to court for closing public gallery at meetings

Council taken to court for closing public gallery at meetings

Yarra Ranges Council said in April it was closing its meetings due to intimidatory behaviour by some members of the public. Now an associate of a conspiracy group that has been disrupting local government meetings has taken the council to court.

  • byRachael Dexter
Are time travel and teleporting just pipe dreams? We explain
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Are time travel and teleporting just pipe dreams? We explain

Dive in as Explainers sift fact from fiction. From de-extincting mammoths to making super soldiers in a lab ... the future is closer than you might think.

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Robert F. Kennedy jnr thanks Elon Musk ‘for rescuing US democracy’

Robert F. Kennedy jnr thanks Elon Musk ‘for rescuing US democracy’

At one point,in the bizarre Twitter discussion between the pair,Kennedy implied that COVID was not a real disease. “COVID was clearly a bioweapons problem,” he said.

  • byRozina Sabur
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‘Disappointing’:Monash Council cancels drag queen story time event
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‘Disappointing’:Monash Council cancels drag queen story time event

The council says it can’t guarantee it can host the library event safely after escalating intimidation from neo-Nazis and threats of violence against families,the performer,councillors and council staff.

  • bySophie Aubrey
Worried councils won’t get state help to improve security as meetings get hostile

Worried councils won’t get state help to improve security as meetings get hostile

A state MP has downplayed the risks posed by fringe groups after a protest derailed a Monash Council meeting and the drag queen at the centre of the controversy said she had received death threats.

  • bySophie Aubrey andCara Waters
‘Grossly unprepared’:Councils urged to make meetings online as abuse,protests grow

‘Grossly unprepared’:Councils urged to make meetings online as abuse,protests grow

Victoria’s peak body for local government is recommending closing public galleries to prevent abusive protests,while a councillor who was among those wrongly labelled a paedophile at a raucous meeting wants the state government to step in.

  • bySophie Aubrey
‘Paedophiles’:Protesters opposed to drag queen event hurl abuse at councillors

‘Paedophiles’:Protesters opposed to drag queen event hurl abuse at councillors

Protesters opposing a planned drag story time event have derailed a Monash City Council meeting after it refused to give in to pressure and abuse to scrap it.

  • bySophie Aubrey
Rupert Murdoch and the ‘most precious asset’ of his media empire

Rupert Murdoch and the ‘most precious asset’ of his media empire

Fifteen years ago,the world’s most powerful media tycoon laid out the three most important values to a media audience. Now they are causing him trouble.

  • byAnne Hyland